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| Keywords: Portrait of a European.jpg Europeans first came to the Mughal empire in the late 1570s By the early 1600s there was regular contact between the Mughal court and Portuguese Goa and merchants and adventurers came overland or by sea from Europe A few of them took up residence at court Their presence led to the occasional appearance of European figures in Mughal paintings or on the border decoration of manuscripts This painting which on stylistic grounds dates to about 1610 is unlikely to be a contemporary portrait of a 17th-century European visitor to the Mughal court however Details of his dress the pinked boots and the open-fronted ruff are seen in European portraits of the 1580s while the hilt of the rapier may date from as early as the 1560s suggesting that the Mughal artist used a painting as his model circa 1590 made Opaque watercolour and gold on paper Height 29 5 cm Width 18 3 cm Victoria and Albert Museum Susan Stronge Painting for the Mughal Emperor The Art of the Book 1560-1650 V A Publications 2002 pl 105 p 139; Guy J and Swallow D eds ˜Arts of India 1550-1900 ™ London Victoria and Albert Museum 1990 ISBN 1851770224 p 153 pl 131 T Koezuka ed; RC TK SS catalogue; intro DS TK; The Arts of The Indian Courts Osaka 1993 No 10 Susan Stronge in Jay A Levenson ed Encompassing the Globe Portugal and the World in the 16th 17th Centuries Reference Catalogue cat 1 8 p 111 object history The painting was bought by the museum from the renowned dealer Mr Imre Schwaiger in 1914 credit line accession number IM 386-1914 http //collections vam ac uk/item/O17478/watercolour-portrait-of-a-european/ PD-Art 16th-century Mughal miniatures Watercolor paintings of men of India 1590s paintings from India | ||||
